Homeless Forum
Survey

Introduction

The intention was that the BCAN Homeless Forum would organise a survey of homeless people in Bristol each year. We managed to do it for two years, but then other priorities came to the front.

We are now planning to organise another survey in 2012.

The basic idea is to record each point of contact a homeless (or ex-homeless) person has with each of the homeless services in Bristol over the course of one week, and to gather some basic information about each of these individuals.

The information about people only needs to be collected once, so after the first point of contact the service only needs to record the person's name and when and where they answered the questions. Of course, they don't need to give their real name: a street name, or even a completely made-up one, will work, as long as they give the same name each time they are asked to complete the survey.

The week runs from the Monday to the Sunday, so that the people doing the breakfast and soup runs at the weekend should mainly meet people who have filled in the survey earlier in the week. This should make their task easier.

In 2012, we plan to run the Homeless Survey from Monday 5 to Sunday 11 November. If you know of any reason why these dates would not be suitable, please let us know as soon as possible.

Homelessness Survey Draft Documents 2012

• The Survey Questions: PDF.
• Guidance Notes: PDF.